Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-02-03

! little ncrhans as those far-off unfeolin0
/ winds TO his own pcrsonel low or bef,
termcnt However. MANY another
heart In the worlds life has fed upon
the dclusive honov of This Same expec-
tation. this idea that 10 be known. or
rather widely heard of. Il n grateful
golden thing, and to set ones self vio-
| lpntly upon ,JoeI for this seems little
less than ilving into the face of half the
race. Out of Ii at least has risen much
| y should be prond of. and not a little
OF which we should nrofoundlv feel
ashamed. In Joel's case the aim was
doubtless well enouuh. and the object.
though mainly vapor. not 10 be des-
pised; but the meansl An. there's the
| thing TO nut one's foot upon.
Joel went homeward that evening
after squarinp with John Earling. as
he nut IL. with a soul not oyerflowinp-
/ ly sunny. IL was autumn and the
weather was very gentle. but his mem
tai eve seemed iaundiccd. John Earl
ing's denunciation kept PLAYING a kind
of hide and seek in his mind, for as
often as he thrust IL back Mt one opcn-
ing it popped out at another "Pshawl
what does the spoutin' of a younpster
like him amountto?" he muttercd, and
turned OF from the street and went
over on the knoll. that looked down
upon the river and across that upon
the wooded eminence where Absaiom
Heaters cottage stood among the au-
tumn-painted trees. II think I'll build
In the spring. he said. as he walked
about nickinr the few fallen maple
Leaves with his bic cane and looking
away with warming humor. 81 guess
| III build a good one.
The sun falling TO the westward was
filing the tops of Absalom's woods
with shattered fire, and the long ravs
slanting under the trees on joel 5
knoll made it seem a very pleasant
| place. But when he had crossed the
| little hollow and come TO his own gate
among the lawns and homes that
covered the gentle broad-backed ridge
on which the town was mainly laid,
his spirit seemed 10 darken with the
evening shadows.
With all his farms, and bank, and
store, and mills. and houses. and fat
horses, and the rich bounty of good
humor which nature had given him
at the start his blood of late wears
seemed often very heavy. "Piague
the stuff | believe it's too thick to run
well, - he would sometimes saw, smit-
ing himself upon his great chest over
the heart That slowly throbbing or
gan seemed TO clog little by times.
Perhaps he fed ii too well, or the red
tide that ebbed and flowed within It had
tired and thickened with its half cent
urv of motion. The edge of his spir-
Il, too. seemed worn and blunted by
his third of century of uninterrupted
delving after wealth. What an array
of numerals 'twould have taken TO
cover his calculations. TO exhibit his
dealings, or represent the moments of
his laborsl Were his possessions worth
itP With something like this moving
in bis mind he stood with his hand
upon the gate-post looking at the long.
low house. with its porch across the
front clambercd over by woodbine and
q nowerless rose, and some great clay
urns painted green and running over
with smilaX that stood on either side
the gravoled walk. ''Well, Ill build a
good one in the spring. he said.
MAY be it ain worth while. hut I'll do
il. Then I'm ready for something elsew
After tea, when Harry had gone up
to his room. which had an easel in one
corner and two or three dauby pictures
on the wall. and lit a cigar and lain
down in his hammock with his lazy
blue eyes looking up into the wreath
ing smoke, joel went into the sitting
room and. unfolding newspaper. be-
gan 10 read by the drop-liglit Open
stone had grown in these years and
| had Gas, Joel being the largest holder
of its stock. In the mellow flare he
| looked tired, and his hair glistened.
| for lt was strcaked with gray and had
fallen away from the crown Of his head.
which glistoned little in its stead. II
WAS not usual for him TO remain thus
at home in the evening. as his habit
was TO be about his business from seven
in the morning until nine and ten
O'Clock, and often later. in the night.
His had been q wonderful example Of
American push as applied To money
making. lie seldom read except on
Sundays; then he went over the entire
weeks papers, letting his wife for the
most part do the church going.
That lady, as natural and very
agreeable result of herhusband' S grow
ing wealth, had ielt her social weight
increase with the years Besides Rev.
Mr.; Cuttleton was now widower,
and she felt, much as she had ignored
his wife, new demands left at her door,
and II possible a ireer flow OF holy feel
lngs. She seemed rather more pleas
ant to look at as She sat on the other
side OF the center-table from Joel,
idlinS with q bit OF needle-work, than
when we ilrst met her at old Jade
Errlc's some sixteen years before. Her
outlines were rounder, for Mrs. Whit
ney had long since voted work indel-
icate, though from appearances she
did not consider eating at all vulgar,
low Clearly tbora xvaq cop,cthinfr or